centenarian
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noun
One who or that which is at least 100 years old.
The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.
He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.
adj
Aged 100 years or more; extremely old.
Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.
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6The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.
WiktionaryHe proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest
WiktionaryCentenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.
WiktionaryTom will be a centenarian next year.
Tatoeba · #2609645Asked what her doctor thought about her longevity, the centenarian replied: "I don't have a doctor. He died."
Tatoeba · #2695193Tom is a centenarian.
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